#227 New option --include-version

Show version and continue as normal: helpful to debug CI issues.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Not quite compatible with Octave yet. See #43 [octave support](https://github.co
 
 ### 0.9.26-dev
 
-
+* All tools have a new common option `--include-version`, which will
+  print the MISS_HIT version similar to `--version`; but will continue
+  execution. This is helpful to debug e.g. CI issues.
 
 ### 0.9.25
 

docs/cli.html

@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ <h4>--version</h4>
 	Displays tool version and quits.
       </div>
 
+      <h4>--include-version</h4>
+      <div>
+	Show the tool version as the very first thing, but continue
+	running as normal. This is helpful when debugging e.g. CI
+	issues.
+      </div>
+
       <h4>FILE | DIRECTORY</h4>
       <div>
 	Can be specified more than once. Causes tool to analyze the

miss_hit_core/command_line.py

@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ def create_basic_clp(epilog=None):
                     action="store_true",
                     default=False,
                     help="Show version and exit")
+    ap.add_argument("--include-version",
+                    action="store_true",
+                    default=False,
+                    help=("Include version number in output, can helpful to"
+                          " debug CI issues"))
     ap.add_argument("files",
                     metavar="FILE|DIR",
                     nargs="*",
@@ -118,9 +123,10 @@ def create_basic_clp(epilog=None):
 def parse_args(clp):
     options = clp["ap"].parse_args()
 
-    if options.version:
+    if options.version or options.include_version:
         print(FULL_NAME)
-        sys.exit(0)
+        if options.version:
+            sys.exit(0)
 
     # False alarm from pylint
     # pylint: disable=no-member